. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 78 Insect Pests Tlie very glowing accounts so often given of tlie lienefieent fiction of introduced parasites is merely throwing l)ack for years any possil>le advance that niiglit be made in this interesting suViject. TORTRIX MOTHS ON THE APPLE. ( rihciinii, Hlx ; T. Iiipa lanu, '^cXiiS.; Torlri.'ros<(iiii,JA\\Ti.; T. jiodiina, Sc. ; Sidrri/i iicJiU-fi:'im, Fab.; I'l/rodis rlucdidla, Clerck. ; and Spiloiiotn ruhoruna, Tr.) The abo\-e are tlie chief ki
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 78 Insect Pests Tlie very glowing accounts so often given of tlie lienefieent fiction of introduced parasites is merely throwing l)ack for years any possil>le advance that niiglit be made in this interesting suViject. TORTRIX MOTHS ON THE APPLE. ( rihciinii, Hlx ; T. Iiipa lanu, '^cXiiS.; Torlri.'ros<(iiii,JA\\Ti.; T. jiodiina, Sc. ; Sidrri/i iicJiU-fi:'im, Fab.; I'l/rodis rlucdidla, Clerck. ; and Spiloiiotn ruhoruna, Tr.) The abo\-e are tlie chief kinds of Tortrix ]\Ioths which have been sent to me as feeding on the apple. Few of the Tortricidte are to be met with on the wiuu before. June, but tliey go on apjiearing until August. The larv;e are very acti\-e and can usually be told liy tlieir curious sinuous back- ward movements when they are touched ; they lui\-e the normal number of legs, and can thus at once be told from the AVinter :\foth larv'ie. Tlie foliage and blossom is devoured by them: the iormer they frequently roll up or unite together with tine silken strands, and the same is done with the blossom. In tlie young stages thev feed more freely, however, on the leaves, etc. The impal st'age is chietly passed ill the tubes or spun-together leaves where tliey have been feeiling. The winter is mostly passed in the egg s1age, but some Inhernate as small larva^ in cases of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Wye, Eng. : Frederick V. Theobald
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